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tegularjioardors received at Reasonable
THOMAS liLUftBLE,
now; ? i; got ma hui ei>.
l ii.i..I.!c boasted of .being a confirmed
bachch r. und UiAk pride in being called
a won.an hitter. I mean Thomas liluili
ble, ?l the importing und jobbing house
..I -Hood,.Stiver & Plumbic.' Ho was
very fond nl* kltiqg people know ti nt
he disregarded the cfnrms of rue softer
-ex. au?! was frequently heard tu say
.that he would liko to see. I he W mini
tint could g-t liim tfuder ber thu ub.
There was a time, of course, wlim
Plumbic w: f< Mise;ptible to the oVcirui es
nl' Cupid ; because "}vjicn be was plain
?Tom,' of fiiteeu years ol age, and left
?Ho?k C'..ve,' enu? to the city mil
entered the employ of'Mensur, j'igby A
Hood,' he left behind him a y.iumr
? Col y Ann.' with mmy.a sigh and tear,
and m ve v- ws fnjirl both put together,
tile true till death. Fur t?vo years he
wnto constantly to his Polly Ann.
repeating the manifold vbws.ol boy hood
love ; '.hen be was promot d from hoy in
entry clerk, and soon after was mtro
illtpud to a wry bewitching young lady
whom- we may be allowed to call Hattie
Pit- n. 'Iben be forgot his Polly Ann
down in Pock "CoVe, and became very
attentive to Miss Klton ; ho accompani
ed her tq ihc 'beater and made her pre
sents ; lie -jot trusted for Iiis new coat,
and with the money that should hive
paid fur it they took a sleigh ride to
Urightoh, and feasted on hot chickens
?od i lntttjpogne ; tp p!,;;:;c \{av be
!f .me I to polka "and waltz; the sehnt
liseh and varsovichhc were not in vogue
then 'fl ings had sped clung very
smoothly for about a year; so 'loin,
thinking ho might as well have the
matter settled at once, popped the
question. Miss PI on appealed very
much surprised; for a moment sh.
remained .silent, then li.ting up b ith
bands she exclaimed :
'Why, Mr. Plumbic,'?she had con
sianily ?called hi .j 'Tern' for six mouths
previous?'I've been engaged these two
\e rs ? didn't you know it V
?Know it? No,' replied Plumbic, in
utter astonishment.
'Why, yea, I've be^n engaged to
Charley ['Dudley f? r a long while, nnd I
tbought yon knew all about it, and was
ibnly paying attention to me t.ut ot polite
ness. Charley Is in New \T<>rk now, but
we die to be married next Christmas.'
?Married next?'
Wo Inay gtiess air Bot Plumbic was
about to say. but we shall always be In
doubt, for, instead of finishing bis
sentence, he took his hat and rushed out
of the house, not even waiting to make
the parting salulatioti of'good-evening '
Pel haps bo was afraid' to trust bis
gnashing teeth, for fe.ir the}' would
change jiis wcll-mca^f. words into some
wit keu)e?pre? ion.
Toni, in the privacy of his own cham
bcr, with bis door locked, his elbows up
on his light stund, und *his face quite
buried in bis bun ds, reverted to tbo
year's tints and the many dollars be had
thrown away on Miss Kilon ; then he
thought of poor Polly Ann, whom ho
had 'cut' so shamefully, down in Uock
Covo, and he decided to write to her. to
?fter pressing business a.s a t t x -mc lor
lint having written beforo, to sue for
panUui. f(. r p st no^ligonec, an<l to assort
that, his aUVcthm* wer? still unaltered
it ltd unalterable. So be m-buricd his
face, ond penned tho tender missive full
of falsehoods und st ile lovo, which be
dispalchi d with the fullest confidence
ihat l'olly Ann I ould ho very happy to
receive it. rJat' alas Ifor poor human
.expectations! l'olly Aim's letter euuo.
It was brief ; she told 0 tumble she had
heard of his attentions t > the city lady,
that she bad aim st forgotten him, atfd
was ;:o:mx to marry Jeiry Sillikc, the
village blacksmith the next week. She
returned to Tom bis his earliest efforts
in love-letter writing and a lock ol bis
hair, and requested hiiu to return to her
sundry articles in that lino that he had
received IV-nil her.
From that day Bluuiblc announced
himself to tffcworld as a woman-hater.
He ,ht.d l een ialje to one woman, and
one woman hid t.ick-d hi.11. So be
cried down the winde sex. The tiino
"whom Dlunibjo h id heretofore divided
'Between l>.vc and businoss was now do
voted to h?a'ncsa exclusively, and in
coiLciju^nc-; lie received o.iu pr Miiotio'.i
alter another, until be had the pleasure
of seeing bis own mini' the third oil tho
:i,n over tlio door which he had first
I entered as an errand boy. I ilon.'t be
tic\e lie remembered that there were an\
.-wch persona in the world Vis II at I e
Elton and 1*1 lly Ann. the Ihst day that
the new si^n raised.
It w:is as tho junior member of the
lirni that Bluinble h id travelled through
the New Knglatid States two joars ago
last 1 .ill with samples, receiving ordern,
During iiis l iur ho remained in the
? pretty village of P., .V II.. one tine
i night in October. lie sat iu the bar*
I.room alter supper, smoking his cig.r.
until ii became hi led with the villagers
d scussing politics, smoking their pip s.
talking of their crops and ogling Iii iu ;
all of which uu - unite uninteresting to
him, so be concluded to walk out and
view the village by moonlight'. He had
hardly stepped into *tho entry, and b :
lore he could close the door, ere he
beard a voice inquire :
?Who is tb.it ficptlppian ?'
'His name.is Dlumble, he's from Bos
ton.' n plied the landlord.
['Hlumble, from Boston?' chimed in
a third voice, and then added,'You
don't say so!' followed by a long low
whistle of astonishni n*.
Bumble stepped off tho piazza and
walked up the village street. He had
scarcely walked twenty yards before he
was aw.ire of being followed. Giving
the matter but little thougilV, however,
he turned from the toad into a pleasant
lane that wended its way toward Some
half-dozen farm houses, until he came .to
a rustic seat, upon which he threw him
sell', and Was Mmn oblivious to all the
\\.>r!d exo pting the business affairs of
? II.1 s.,iu |*}aa,b!i ' [|a gat ,,?.
i.l his cigar was consumed, whoa ho w.i>
aruued to the world around him by tho
village clock striking out tm." Uittou
ing his c ut closely around him, he hur
ried d wo the la lie toward the hotel ;
as he turned from the line into the
great load he was suddenly ami not
very softly seized by the throat, r?y the
shoulders, and by tho coat-tails, by at
least a dozen hands, lie was rather too
much surprised to speak, even if he had
;i chance to; the hinds so ti^htiy
clenched around his throat would h ive
prevented his speaking if he had no.
boon 0 greatly surprise 1. A? he ould
not speak ho listened very patiuutly to
some- half dozen exclamations ?f-*is'ow
wi 've got yeu !'
Something desperate must ba d >ne,
mi Dl 1111! In struck the fellow that held
him by the throat full in the face,
knocking him down, and then cried out
nft ijiough he expected iliat this would
Ui the la.-t chance ho c vor would have
to speak. ,
'What tho ilcu.^o are you about?'
The striking question had a ui'racu
loiis effcet upon Ike numerous hands
distributed about his person, and Blum
hie was live. He waited a few mo
ments to regain his breath, then look
ing aiuund him, asked very energetical
iy
'Wl.at docs all this mean ?'
'it moans that if you dou't promise to
have town ;ind not go to sl-c Mary (jay
a^u'tu, we'll just hide yon^ and then ride
y.?u out ol to., n on a rail,' said the
youug muii, thu recipient of the blow,
wllO had regained his feet.
'Leuvo town '( Mary (Jay ? .Why, 1
d i not understand what you mean,' re
marked BlumbI"; considerably mysti
fied ii
'Well, sir,' interrupted another voice,
'wu mcau that you've come lure from
Pustoti to court Mary Gay, and you
mean to cut out Billy lligdy here ; now
if you'don't give up Mary, and leave
town to night wo'll pitoh you into the
mill-pond.'
?Hold on a moment,'said Plumbic;
;I think you must have gpt hold of the
wrong person, as I h ive not the aeqaiu
tance of Miss Clay, nor in faet of any
other lady in this plaeo. Put ?* want
yo i to un ler.-tnml uuu.thing distinctly,
and i hat is, I shall nut 1 leave town until
?
I get ready.'
Something about Plumbic s manner
sec med to convince the young men that
he was j|, tar d?st, for they utteVctl va
rious ex pi es ous' suvh a*, 'That's a like-,
ly story I? 'lie's gassioglS.fi do i't be
lieve that,' etc. Men iu Variably express
d- ilbls. when being convinced of some
thing they bad rather not believ ?.
For n few moments the whole party
remained in sit. n o ; then one of (hi
yo?iYg d?rnzeWs of P. broke the -spell by
asking JsJl ?
'Ain't!your name Plumbic.?*
* Yes, sir.' i
'And yj u are from P istqn ?'
? V? s. sji-,'
'And don't kuow M iry dray ?'
'Well, that's strange 1 She said bis
n a life was Plmnblo, and tint's yottt
in mej he belongs t.i Post on, and so do
y iu, ti iw you've bcou right up by her
house, au l we bc'ievo you've bsen there*
to see lier. Don't we, Pill V
'Yes. we d ?,' replied lligdy. ^ i
'Well, young, men,' said Plumblo, Jfa
3on d< n't believe nie, go a k the yuut.g
lady herself.'
1 Iii? proposition was met wish approv
al by the whole pnty, so Plu nble start
cd lack up the lauo. accompanied by ri
large e-cnt before, behind, and on each
hide of him. 'i hey tiled into the yard,
and crowded un the steps of a neat leok
ing farm house, and lligdy knocked nt
the door. In a lew moments one of *.h
chamber windows was opened and ajtr*
trmling bead asked: - %}?
'Who's there V
'Come down to the a'H?r a minute.
Squire, will you?' asked Pill.
?Why, wint do ydii w?hl V inquired
the voice in the i lumber wind >w above.
'We want to sec Mary a minute,' ic
plied a voice from the crowd below.
'Why. she has lu i n abed llu'nC two
i
hours. IS it any thing iuqorraut t
?Yes, we wuiit to sec lo x just a mill
tit...' ?
?Well I II speak to her.'
In a lew minutes Mary appeared at
the d?jor. She was eerysgood looking, j
dot withstanding being called out ul her {
bed at su< b an unreasonable hour?-and
so thought Plumblo. Fur some m i 1
u.cuts the whole company remained
speechless : at laM Plumbic, tiling' of his I
coiispicuous situation, and the 'nothing*
to-say' spirit of the party, broke the
silence by asking the young holy it' blic
bad ever aeon bitu bufuru.
'Not that I remember of,' she replied. '
?1 only asktd you to satisfy these!
V >uuir men,' said Plumbic.
. . . ., 1
Then be ain't your city beau ?' asked
Hi dy.
'N'o !' as slmrt as though .'i ha 1 been
but one letter.
? fhcu we were Iii ist k n' Sii I a voice
in the y:.rJ and two or three of the par
ty slid out at the galo.
'1 .ru very sorry that I have been the
iudircct ciuse ol this annoyance tn youj
but it was no'fault of mine. This gen
tlemao,' point'ng to lligdy, 'and h's
party seized mo and would not al ow me
to proceed to my hotel until I bad
proved to thcill that 1 had not been '
visiting you. 1 must now leave thorn
with you 11 nlake theirow-u explanations,
and bid yuu good oveuing.
'Good Bveniug,' said tho you ig luly
iu a very s rent voieo.
Somehow Pluuihl* dit/tl'l sleep ve.y
sound that Ilight ; he was in a strange
place, and be kept constantly thinking
of bis- strange advcuttirc, and of the
good looking, btrango young lady ; and
the more he thought, the more be won
dcred who she was; and when al last he '
determined to inquire about her iu the
morning, ho fell asleep and dreamed of
her.
Blumblo was" ftn early riser?bachelors
generally are?and the next morning,
before the villagers wore astir, he had
walked out and passed the bouse of
Squire Gay; but be did not sue Mary,
po be returned to the hotel and inquired
L?f. the landlord concerning her. Tho
j,landlord must have praisoji tho girj for
the baclielor decided to remain mother
May and be introduced to her. then t%
'remain ft third, and finally ho eon eluded
be might'ns well stop the week out, n?d
so wrote to his partners, informing them
that he should remain tluro i few days
rto rest himself. The professed woman
hater walked up that same lane each
evening, and walked into the hou?r?, too.
lie was not disturbed again by Bill II ig
? dy, for the Squire bad threatened if ho
came within gun shot ol tho housoSagain
to put a do.se of cold lead into him. So
tho wise but jealous lligdy kept out of
tho way!
Tlu'fc <*Ms a great reform in the man
ner dud h tbija of Thomas Plumblj, (
in'erehuQt)j lie loft his bachelor 3lubs,
f notwithstanding the jeers and taunts of
bis former companions, and be became
very circuiuspcct in his remarks on lo
male 'oh tract r. Tor a number of
months bo spent hi- spare hours writing
(to Mary, and choosing appropriate gifts
lot her, and for a long whiie the Boston
an 1 i'. Express considered him one of
their best CUSt ?Uli rs. lint ere long
there was a brilliant wedding party at
tile bouse of Squire (Jay, and L*. lost its
mnst charming bell:, for Miss (lay be
came Mrs. Plumbic. A few weeks ago
Mr. and Mrs. Plumbic went down to
Keek Cove and visited the old Plumbic
homestead J wnile there Mr. Plumbic
introduced bis wife to Mr. Sin ike, an 1
Mrs. Tolly Ann Smike, and tho little
SmibesV< it would bo impossible to tell (
which are the most contented with their
lot, Thomas or Polly Ann. One thing
m >rc and I am done. In answer to
Plumble s advertisement for a chamber
maid, who w mid assist in plain sewing,
who do you think applied for the bitui
tion 7 You would never guess, Ho I'll
tell you. It was Ilattie Elton ! Her
.\cv York beau had heard of her flirta
tions with Plumbic, and for that reason
broke bis engagement with her ; and she,
who might have been Mrs. Thomas
Mumble, must be content to be Mrs.
Pluiuble's servant.
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An Arkansas Emerl
Mv Pkak Poy : The double-barrel
that y u .-? n* came Bafely to hand, and 1
was only shot at once while I was cary
rying it home. Pill Sivers popped at
me from behind the fence as I wts pass
log bis house, but 1 had loaded the two
shootor as soon as I >.?ot if, and he didn't
jump up from behind that, fence but
t nee ? I
1 am plnd that ono of the carrels is a
a rifle, as I need it fur long range prac
tice. The other I can fill with buck
shot ; and can riddle a man nicely at
close quarters. I mean t i try both far
rel> on those Jetts when I meet them.
You s old man .Jett stole a mule from
us i.i the ?ar, and when it was over pap
laid for him and kill him. Then Xig- ^
lot Tom .I.tt.as we called bi n?the
bl.u k laced i no?he laid lor pap and '
plugged him. Then 1 picked a fuss with
Tom, and cut him into giblets, an! since
that time his brother Sam his b it n laying
for mo. I kin?w it is bis turn, but I
think my double barrel will prove too
much tor him. f
U you want to soe fuu erne down f r
a while and bring a tihV It don't make
:iLy difference which side you belong to.
isn 't even necessary to join the militia'.
It is easy to get up a grudge against
somebody, and all you have to du is to
i lay lor your man and knock him over
i |khind my pig pen is one of tho sweet
est biding places 1 know of, and it is
so bandy 1 A g< od many people come
within range in the course of a wee...
and a man can pas* his tioMJ right
pleasantly.
I I wish yu would send mo a catalogue
I of Sunday Scboo?J books, with the I
prices, il there ate any in St. Louis. If
We can gt t them Oil time We will tat? a
big lot of bot ' s. 1 am Superintendent
01 the Pat ti>t Sunday School now, and
am running it under a full bead of
steam. Old uian Bycts, who was turned
out, is right mad about it, and swears
that be will chaw mc up ; but he will
chaw lead *if ho don't keep clear of ftio.
My wife wants to kmw if you can't
send her a eot of teeth without her
getting measured for them. Her
twenty-five dollar sit was busted all to
flinders by a pistol shot that went
through her mouth : but it didu't hurt
her tongue. Write soon to
Your friend and pard, -.
P. S.?That suoaky, onorr o?ss, Sam
.Jett, crept OD list, bight und ?rcd at wo
through the wipdow, but he dulfl 't hap
pen to kill anybody ?xcdpt a tiiggor girl
T mean to go for him, though, to-dayr
and will bo glad of a chanco to try th?
double-barrol.
i ?i mo-?? ? ??? ?
A Good, but not Infulibio Sign.
Speaking of temperance reformcrs
s imfl one tells a good story at tho oxpense
of one of tho most ardent of thorn, a per
son whose whole heart was iu tho work,
to such an extent that ho hadn't time to
tueud his fences or take care of his farm
A di.stingui lied tomperanco lecturer
was to address the citizens in the town
where the reformer lived, and the latter
t>-k it upo t himsolf to nice'
him at tho statiou, and take
him home1 with him and entertain him.
The lecturer was talkative and full of
the cause '"There now," said ho as
they drove p:ist a handsome farmhouse,
"anybody can sec at once tint a tempir
'nnec man lives- thero. Evcrythiug in
dicates it; there's thrill,- aul itidustry,
and contentment, aud, no doubt, a hap
py home. Isn't it so?"
'?Ves," was thTTeply.' u8t|uirc?? is a
temperance man, and has a very pleasant
i Ifomo and family."
'T was certain of it," said the lectur
er. "Hut hero is a place," he continued
as they came to a house with dilapida
ted rerteo and noglectcd appcaranccj that
you'd pick out arywhere as thehousa of
a drunkard. Sec the ol 1 hats iu tho
windows, and the old broken-down fence
anil the ucgl^Ctcd appearance everything
has?you can't make any mistake about
such a place?-it sticks out all over it
that it's the home of a sot 1' lie was
about to appeal to hi? r-utertaincr for the
truth ol his surmises, when that gen
tleman pulled rein and turning tho team
up to the neglected fence, remarked
with something like a sigh,"I live here.
A nd what could the lecturer say' ? Ho
might 1 ave said, 'Well, all sigus fail iu
dry times." but lie didu't.
Fkau oj-Dbatij.?It basso happened
that 1 have seen many men and women
die. Without design or disposition on my
part, I have very many times beeu pres
i nt when sick persons wero ebbitig to
eternity. I have seen meu and women,
young and old cultivated aud ign oriint
orthodox and heterodox, in their last
moments, and, as a rule, all of them
passed away, ii not without regret, at
least with en*ire resignation. None of
them showe 1 dread of the future Their
thoughts were fixed on what they were
cjui t ng. not on what they wore going
to. 1 observed that some oj thotn wore
troubled, perh ip* distressed whon tiny
first thought they could not recover,
' but that, the nearer their cud came, th c
le*s apprehensive aud calmer they grew.
Having once banished hope, tramiuility
scamo 1 to descend upon theiu as a sub
- ilulc, .in i afterward, if free irotn piiysi
c .1 J ain, there was unrufllcd peace. If
encouraged to believe they might get
well, or if ihwy had a favorable turn,
the old auxiety, with something of tho
firmer n| prehension, reappeared; prov
ing that their mental disquietude was
born of their exrc^taiiums of life, not of
their fear of death. Thus was establish
ed a clear analogy between material and
spirtu.nl anguish under the same cireum
stances. As we have seen, they who are
badly hurt, or seriously ill, experience
sii;h ring it) going back to life, while
the downward path to death both for
tho body aud the soul is paved with
smoothness aud *orenity.
When rnfi Dauk Comes,?A little
girl sat, nt twilight, in her sick mother's
room, busily thinking. All day she had
hi en full of fun and noise, and had
many times worried her dear, poor, tired
mother.
??Ma," said the little girl, "what do
you suppose makes nie got over my
mischief and begin to act good, just
about this time every night ?"!
"I do not know, dearest. Can you.
tell why r
"Well, I gUCM it's because this is
' whin the da:k conies. You know, lain
a little afraid i f that. Aud then, ma, 1
begin to think of u 11 the naughty things
I've done to grieve you, aud that pcr
liap. you might die before luoiuing, dad
s i I begin to act good."
??()!" thought I, ??Kow natty of ta
wnt com*-*' in the form of
sickness or sorrow, or troublo of somj
kind, before wo 'bogin tQaotgiudr
How much better to. be good while wo
ro enjoy ing life's bright sunshine ! and
' 1 tJ LtOOl r **-? --
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Something? To Tohich The Heart
I p . , M .01 rmoo 7/;>-rs??a v.err o*
Coleridge relates a story to thU af
fect! . '? ; ? "
Alexander, during his march into
Africa, came to a peoplo dwelling it*
peaceful huts, who knew neither war
nor conquest. Gold boiug offcrcl t#'
him, he refused it, saying that his sol*
object was to learu the manners and cus
toms of tho inhabitant. "Stay with ?s,'
says the Chiof, ' as long as it ploaseth
thec."
During this interview with the Ann.
can Chief two of his subject brought *
cause before him for,,judgement. The
dispute was this : Th ; one had biought
of the other a piece of ground, which,
after the purchase was fouud to contain,
treasure, for which he felt himsolf bound
to pay. The other refused to re?eiv?
anything, stating that he sold the ground
apparont or concealed, which it might bo
found to afford.
"Said the Chief, looking hi tbs OB*,
"You have a son," and trie other, 4ty?tt vf
have a daughter, let them bo marriod,
and the treasurer be given thom as a
dowry." ?pH -K
Alexander was astonished.
"And what," paid the Chief, "WouJif
have been the decission in your abas
try!" ? '??a erfj :
"Wo should have dismissed the par
tics," said ^Alexander*' and seized - the
treasure for the king's u&e.''
"And does tho sun shine on your coun
try?" said the Chief; "does the rein fall
there? arc there and cattle there which,
feed upon herbs and green grass." ? ?r**
"Certainly," said Alexander.
"Ah," said the Chief, "it is lor flm>
sake of those innocent eattle}' thai the
Great Being permits the surf to^ shine, '
the rain to fall, and the ijjraas to grow ia
yonr country*.' 1 j- '? ;* m***?!** ^M#|
Tue IIa.nd tii.vt Never Struck.?
We once heard the following touching
incident: "A little boy had died. Jlis
body was laid out in a darkened, retired
room, waiting to be laid in a cold, lone
grave. His afflicted mother and be
reaved little sister went in to look at tho
dear sweet face of the precious sleoper?
for his sweet little face was beautiful
even iu death. As they stood gazing
on tho beautiful face of one so dearly
bei >ved and cherished, tho little gfrt
asked to take his dear littlo hand.]
Tho mother at first did not think it
best, but the child repeated the request
aud seemed very anxious about it. She
took the cold, bloodless hand of hot"
dear sleeping bry and placed it in tl&r
hand of his weeping sister. The child
looked ni ^ a ?:: ;n:cr:t, caressed it foad
ly, aud looking up to her mother through
tears of aflliction aud love,said,?Mother,
this d ar little hand never struck nie*
What could have been more touching
and more lovely ?
Anecdote of the Road.?A lawyer*
riding through a town, stopped at a
cottago to inquire tho way. l*ho lady
of the house told him ho must keep
right straight on for some time, and thdrt
turn to the right; but said that she
hersclf was going to pass the road that
ho must tako, and that if ho would wait
a few minutes she would show him tho
way,
'Well,' said he, "bad company is bet
ter than none?make haste.'
?
After jogging on five or six miles, the)
gentleman asked if he had not yet conjo
to tho road ho must take.
'?> ' ; tri
'Oh I yes,' said she, 'we passed it ttf?
or three miles back ; but I thought, 'an
bad company was better than none,' I
would keep you along with nie/
-?.-.a.. ???
"Let me Alone."? Aa Englishman
and a Gorman were travoling together
in a diligence, and both smoking. Th?
German did all in his power to draw his
companion into conversation, but to no
purpose*, at one momont he would, with.
a superabundance of politeness, aj?4??
gi/o for drawing Iiis attrition to ?v
fccfc ?hat tobe ashes of hi- A
. . > ctgnr had falk
en on his watsie^* . _ .
? . '?>*> ?r a spark was en
danger..-, h|s neckorohicf u Ieijg^v
IEnglishman exclaimed, "Why oa?%
you leave mo alone? Y.nir coat tail ben
boon burning for the last to*i miontos:
h it I dida> bother you afciut ty\
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